With 1 week to go for the qualifiers of Gamer.LK’s Inter-School Esports Championship 2019 powered by SLT, students from over 100 schools have signed-up to compete in the monumental Esports movement, making it one of Sri Lanka’s largest inter-school sporting events. Schools from across the country have shown interest in the event, with all regions being represented as seen below.

The event has the endorsement of the National Olympic Committee and is positioned to promote structured Esports to school students who are fans of video games.

The Inter-Shcool Esports Championship is powered by Sri Lanka Telecom. Gaming Laptop Partner DELL Gaming. Ice Cream Partner Elephant House. Media Partner MTV/MBC. 

For registrations and more information visit : https://school.gamer.lk

One of the longest running Esports leagues in Sri Lanka, Gamer.LK Clans Warfare League, also known as GCWL is in it’s 12th season this year. With registrations closing yesterday, we saw over 450 players sign up to take part in the tournament, continuing COD4’s strong participant numbers which has become an iconic trait of Sri Lanka Esports.

This years GCWL will feature 2 formats, with teams being split into Pro and Challenger leagues. More information on this new format is available here: https://gamer.lk/news/new-format-for-ranked-tournaments

The Tekken World Tour (TwT) is a global Tekken Championship with the best Tekken players around the world competing in events in their respective regions. Gamer.LK has received official recognition for the first Sri Lanka Tekken Cup to be held on the 21st and 22nd September at Stein Studios alongside the Inter-School Esports Championship. The event is expected to showcase the best of Sri Lanka’s Tekken 7 talent competing for TwT points for the global leaderboard.

Sign up for the Sri Lanka Tekken Cup by Gamer.LK here: https://smash.gg/tournament/sri-lanka-tekken-dojo-events-by-gamer-lk/register

Stay tuned to Gamer.LK for results from the Sri Lanka Tekken Cup.

Over the past few years the competitive Esports scene in Sri Lanka has grown immensely in both talent and numbers. Online events such as the Gamer.LK Clans Warfare League and league have always brought in droves of players. Their purpose was twofold: on the one hand it was only a practice ground for the more mechanically skilled teams but on the other, an opportunity for newer teams and players to test out their skills without the harsh commitments a LAN tournament includes. Over time as the disparity of skill became more evident and obvious, the newer and “tier 2” teams of each competitive title were dissuaded to compete against the higher ranked teams. A noticeable trend was teams giving walkovers to the top ranked teams. This trend only stagnated growth and created a larger division between skilled teams and relatively lower skilled teams. The end all solution to this is the new format introduced by Gamer.lk in this years GCWL and GCLL: the Pro and Challenger Leagues.

The Pro League

This is where the TOP 6 teams based off the National  ranking system of the Sri Lanka Esports Association are invited to play.This allows for a better platform for top ranking teams to gain recognition for their efforts and quality of games. Further it will reduce games where there is a large disparity of skill in the early stages of the tournaments. At the same time it will incentivize teams to make their performances at each ranked tournament count.
It’s common knowledge that being invited to a tournament reduces the pressure on having to play qualifiers.

The Challenger League 

This is an open tournament to all teams and players. At the end of the league the top two teams will qualify to play in the Pro League.
Reducing the chances of meeting high skill teams in early stages will prevent teams from giving walkovers without valid reasons and also allow for better development for newer teams. 

The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka (NOCSL) has endorsed the Inter-School Esports Championship being hosted by Gamer.LK and the Sri Lanka Esports Association. This is the second show of support by the NOCSL for Esports in Sri Lanka, with the first being Sri Lanka’s participation in the 18th Asian Games, where Esports was included as a demonstration sport. In a letter to the Sri Lanka Esports Association, Secretary General of the NOCSL Maxwell De Silva acknowledged the growth of Esports in Sri Lanka and the activities conducted to promote the sport. It went on to align the NOCSLs support to the 2022 Asian Games campaign where Esports is set to be a medal event.

The 4th annual Inter-School Esports Championship will be held in the same format as this years Inter-University Esports. The qualifiers will take place on the 21st and 22nd of September where the top 2 schools will proceed to the grand finals to be held on the 12th of October. This years Inter-School Esports Championship is powered by Sri Lanka Telecom, and supported by Laptop partner DELL along with media partners MTV/MBC.

This years Inter-School Esports hopes to surpass last years numbers of over 1,000 registered participants from over 100 schools across Sri Lanka.